Rotational Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner- CAMHS Urgent Care

NHS; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider seeks a Rotational Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner within its CAMHS Urgent Care team in Birmingham. The role involves mental health assessments, developing care plans, and working closely with young people experiencing mental health challenges. This position offers a dynamic environment, scope for professional development, and the opportunity to significantly impact young people's lives.

Qualifications

• Professional qualification as RMN/RCN/RNLD or equivalent.
• Extensive post-registration experience in mental health care.
• Experience in working with young people and devising care plans.

Responsibilities

• Completing assessments of young people's mental health and developing individual care plans.
• Developing and implementing risk management plans.
• Liaison with families and completing oversight of mental health act processes.

Skills

Mental health care

Assessment skills

De-escalation skills

Therapeutic interventions

Liaison skills

Education

RMN/RCN/RNLD qualifications

Post graduate study in relevant therapeutic specialty

Job description

Rotational Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner- CAMHS Urgent Care

NHS

Birmingham

GBP 30,000 - 45,000

Go back Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Rotational Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner- CAMHS Urgent Care

The closing date is 28 May 2025

Rotational Crisis and Home Treatment Practitioner- CAMHS Urgent Care/Place of Safety

Based at Parkview Clinic.

Are you looking for a new challenge? Are you a mental health Nurse with CAMHS experience and want to make a real difference to the outcomes for the young people of Birmingham ?

An opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Practitioner has become available to join our Urgent Care Pathway. The rotational post will cover our CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and our Place of Safety (POS). The team working with Young adults under 18 who are within our urgent care pathway

You will spend a defined period of time working in the CAMHS Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Team and then moving on to the POS team. This is an excellent opportunity to hone your assessment and risk management skills, with great opportunity for continued professional development and learning.

The post will involve completing holistic mental health assessments, signposting and liaison, specialist clinical input to children and young people with physical health and co morbid mental health issues (e.g. eating disorders), working with parents schools and education colleagues.

This is an exciting post for a mental health nurse.

Please contact us if you would like to hear more about this exciting opportunity!

Main duties of the job

Completing assessments of young people's mental health and developing an individual plan of care

Developing and implementing robust risk management plans

Ensuring the physical wellbeing of the young person

Representing the service at professional's meetings and relevant stakeholder events

Liaison with families and carers

Completing and holding oversight of mental health act processes and documentation

You will be part of a robust multidisciplinary team (MDT) and attend regular clinical caseload reviews, as well as completing any associated tasks to ensure safe care and/or discharge planning

To be a point of contact for young people and families as crisis arise. You will be expected to be able to employ effective de-escalation skills and to ensure that the young person is referred or signposted to the most appropriate level of care.

About us

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust is the first of its type in the UK. Our Trust was formed in February 2017 to drive forward our commitment to provide the highest quality, world-class physical and mental health care for our women, children and families. Uniting our hospitals means more seamless care; more investment to make greater advances in our specialist treatment and world-leading neo-natal and fetal work. Importantly, it also gives us a greater voice in shaping the future of family-centred care.

Birmingham Children's Hospital is a UK leading specialist paediatric centre with an international reputation in several areas.

Birmingham Women's Hospital is one of two dedicated women's hospitals in the UK, with the busiest single site maternity unit, delivering more than 8,200 babies a year offering a full range of gynaecological, maternity and neonatal care.

Forward Thinking Birmingham (FTB) Mental Health Services are a unique, innovative community and inpatient mental health partnership. Alongside partners FTB offers care pathways of mental health assessment and treatment for young people aged 0-25 years old.

Our Trust is committed to creating the best place to work. We believe in promoting and enhancing inclusion, diversity and equality and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of age, gender identity, disability, race, religion or sexual orientation.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description and person specification to view the full details for this opportunity at Birmingham Womens and Childrens NHS Foundation Trust.

When completing your application, please ensure you have evidenced how you meet the job description and person specification to include transferable experience, qualifications, skills along with professional registration details (if applicable).

Occasionally we receive a large number of applications for our roles and when that happens we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Professional qualification - RMN / RCN/ RNLD qualifications, social worker.
• Relevant Post qualifying qualification e.g. or be able to demonstrate an equivalent level of training
• Relevant Post graduate study or be able to demonstrate further skills based training
• Specific qualification in a relevant therapeutic speciality e.g. counselling, Family Therapy, CBT, substance misuse
• Nurse Prescriber

Experience

• Extensive post registration experience in mental health care
• Experience of working with young people
• Devising robust and effective care plans using SMART goals
• Use of therapeutic interventions with children and young people i.e. 1:1, counselling, family therapy and group work
• Experience of Delivering teaching / training
• Experience of Liaison with inpatient settings and external agencies
• Experience of Working in inpatient CAMHS settings
• Experience of Providing care in community settings
• Experience of Developing a specialist area on behalf of the Service/ or local Team
• Experience of Developing policies and protocols
• Experience of Working in a multi-disciplinary Team
• Experience of Supervising less experienced members of staff

Other Requirements

• Full clean driving license

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Birmingham Women's and Children's NHS Foundation Trust